Zaw Win Lay

In this Burmese name, the given name is Zaw Win Lay. There is no family name.

Zaw Win Lay (Burmese: ဇော်ဝင်းလေး; 22 October 1963 – 3 October 2014) was the first Burmese chess grandmaster.

Zaw Win Lay
Country	Myanmar
Born	(1963-10-22)22 October 1963[1] Tuesday, 6th waxing of Tazaungmon 1325 ME Pakkoku, Myanmar
Died	3 October 2014(2014-10-03) (aged 50)[1] Friday, 10th waxing of Thadingyut 1376 ME Mandalay, Myanmar
Title	Grandmaster (2000)
Peak rating	2633 (January 2000)[2]
Peak ranking	No. 43 (January 2000)

Biography

He was also a four-time Myanmar National Chess Championship winner in 1990, 1995–1996 and 2007.^[3] One of his most notable matches was a draw against the former World champion Anatoly Karpov in 2000.^[4]

Karpov vs. Zaw Win Lay, Bali 2000

	h	g	f	e	d	c	b	a
1									1
2									2
3									3
4									4
5									5
6									6
7									7
8									8
	h	g	f	e	d	c	b	a

Final position

Death and legacy

Zaw Win Lay died on 3 October 2014, leaving behind a wife and two daughters.^[1] In his memory, the Myanmar Chess Federation has held the GM Zaw Win Lay Memorial International Chess Tournament in Myanmar annually since 2014.^[5]